Morse code
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'''Morse code''' is a system for encoding letters and numbers as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes", consisting of short and long signals sent over some medium such as a telegraph wire or radio signal. It is named after telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse. | '''Morse code''' is a system for encoding letters and numbers as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes", consisting of short and long signals sent over some medium such as a telegraph wire or radio signal. It is named after telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse. | ||
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| + | ==Latin alphabet== | ||
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| + | {| class='wikitable' | ||
| + | ! colspan=2 | ITU | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Letter !! Code | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | A || • ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | B || ━ • • • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | C || ━ • ━ • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | D || ━ • • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | E || • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | F || • • ━ • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | G || ━ ━ • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | H || • • • • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | I || • • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | J || • ━ ━ ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | K || ━ • ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | L || • ━ • • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | M || ━ ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | N || ━ • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | O || ━ ━ ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | P || • ━ ━ • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Q || ━ ━ • ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | R || • ━ • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | S || • • • | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | T || ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | U || • • ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | V || • • • ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | W || • ━ ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | X || ━ • • ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Y || ━ • ━ ━ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | Z || ━ ━ • • | ||
| + | |} | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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* [http://www.fists.org/ International Morse Code Preservation Society] | * [http://www.fists.org/ International Morse Code Preservation Society] | ||
* [http://www.morsecode.nl/ The Ultimate Morse Code Website] | * [http://www.morsecode.nl/ The Ultimate Morse Code Website] | ||
| + | * [http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/06/morse-code-trumps-sms-in-head-to-head-speed-texting-combat/ Morse code trumps SMS in head-to-head speed texting combat] | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 10 June 2015
Morse code is a system for encoding letters and numbers as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes", consisting of short and long signals sent over some medium such as a telegraph wire or radio signal. It is named after telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse.
Latin alphabet
| ITU | |
|---|---|
| Letter | Code |
| A | • ━ |
| B | ━ • • • |
| C | ━ • ━ • |
| D | ━ • • |
| E | • |
| F | • • ━ • |
| G | ━ ━ • |
| H | • • • • |
| I | • • |
| J | • ━ ━ ━ |
| K | ━ • ━ |
| L | • ━ • • |
| M | ━ ━ |
| N | ━ • |
| O | ━ ━ ━ |
| P | • ━ ━ • |
| Q | ━ ━ • ━ |
| R | • ━ • |
| S | • • • |
| T | ━ |
| U | • • ━ |
| V | • • • ━ |
| W | • ━ ━ |
| X | ━ • • ━ |
| Y | ━ • ━ ━ |
| Z | ━ ━ • • |
Resources
National Archives and Records Administration: INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE, HAND SENDING, from the Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). ARC Identifier 36813 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3697. PRINCIPLES AND BASIC TECHNIQUE FOR GOOD, RHYTHMIC SENDING 0F MORSE CODE BY OPERATING THE HAND KEY.